Direct measurements of voltage-Current characteristics of single grain boundary of ZnO varistors

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 19, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 727-730

  Tanaka, Shigeru ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Grain boundaries; Inhomogeneity; Varistors.; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PROBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARISTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSION TYPE X RAY ANALYSIS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 0032668757     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(98)00304-5     Document Type: Article

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